Tuesday, December 4, 2012

her reward

She has been saving for about 8 months.Every penny went into her "pocket money" jar.My four year old desperately wanted an ipod, just like a big girl friend - who comes from a family of kids each with their own iPod!I tried to discourage the idea, and thought to myself, "There's no way!" However, Miss Determined decided she would 'save up', despite how long I told her it would take. I didn't take her too seriously.When her brother's $10 or $15 was burning a hole in his pocket and he just had to spend it on Lego, she would browse the toy aisles without a care.I would suggest toys to buy."No, I'm still saving up for my iPod"When Grandpop gave the kiddos $2 each to buy a lolly, Miss Determined would stash her $2, insist she didn't want a lolly, and come home to promptly drop her goldie in the jar.Well Miss, your determination paid off. You proved me wrong, and I couldn't be more proud.Now to embrace (eek. I would rather they play outside!) the technology - and put some serious boundaries in place.

How do you deal with kids and technology? Or kids and money? Any tips? xx

8 comments:

Oh Em, this is a beautiful story! Your daughter showed so much dedication to get what she really wanted...she could have had instant gratification and bought lollies or smaller stuff but she chose to save! I know we have often struggled with technology and the kids. Our kids don't watch TV, but when my hubby upgrated his iphone, the old one basically turns into an itouch and so, we gifted it to our 6 year old who thinks it's amazing, and has shown us how responsible he can be with it!! love your daughters headphones xx

Gosh. She is a superstar in the money saving department. Go girl. Hopefully, this is an early sign of responsible spending as we know girls like to shop- Girls just want to have funds! Technology will beckon continually, I'm sure you will manage it fine! xx